Mutation in the P36 gene of Mycobacterium bovis provokes attenuation of the bacillus in a mouse model

Tuberculosis

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 221-226

  Bigi, F ^a   Gioffre A ^a   Klepp, L ^a   Santangelo, M P ^a   Velicovsky, C A ^b   Giambartolomei, G H ^b   Fossati, C A ^b   Romano, M I ^a   Mendum, T ^c   McFadden, J J ^c   Cataldi, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Mycobacteria; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN P 36; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 20444382740     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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